A Meissen white figure of a waiter from the Cris de Paris series

CIRCA 1755, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK AT BACK, PRESSNUMMER 4

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A Meissen white figure of a waiter from the Cris de Paris series
Circa 1755, blue crossed swords mark at back, Pressnummer 4
Modelled by P. Reinicke and J.J. Kändler to the left wearing a cap, coat, stockings and an apron, holding a basketweave tray with a beaker and three pastries and standing before a tree-stump, on a circular scroll-moulded base applied with flowers and foliage (both arms restuck, restoration to tray and right hand, chip to tip of right foot)
5½ in. (14 cm.) high

Lot Essay

Both P. Reinicke and J.J. Kändler were thought to have modelled this series, although it is more probable that Peter Reinicke was its principal modeller. Rainer Rckert, op. cit. (1966), nos. 948-950, was among the first to question the involvement of J.J. Kändler with this series. The original drawings for the Cris de Paris series were commissioned from Christophe Huet, the brother of the manufacturer's Paris agent Jean-Charles who sent the thirty-six drawings from Paris in 1753. See also the coloured example from the Jörg Nelte Collection sold in these Rooms on 12 October 1995, lot 7.

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